Recording medium storing image processing program and image processing apparatus

• US 9,436,996 B2
• Filed: 07/05/2013
• Issued: 09/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Noritsu Precision Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Noritsu Precision Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kita, Koji, Nakano, Tomoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Chan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kholdebarin, Iman K
• Application Number:
  US13/935,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20140016815A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10016 Video; Image sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/10024 Color image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/20224 Image subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30232 Surveillance
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/254 involving subtraction of images

Abstract

A recording medium storing an image processing program according to one aspect of the present invention is a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program to make a computer execute image processing on an image group on one timeline, the image processing program making the computer execute deriving a difference value that is based on a difference between pixel values of images that are adjacent in time series in the image group, and displaying a time-series difference image showing a time-series change in the difference value.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program to make a computer execute image processing on an image group on one timeline, the image processing program making the computer execute:

deriving a difference value based on a difference between pixel values of images that are adjacent in time series in the image group, the difference value indicating a degree of change between the images that are adjacent in the time series, wherein the difference value is selectable by a user from a first difference value and a second difference value, the first difference value indicative of a largest difference between the pixel values of a plurality of corresponding positions in the adjacent images and the second difference value indicative of an average value obtained by deriving the difference between the pixel values of the plurality of corresponding positions in the adjacent images and averaging the differences of all the positions;

receiving a selection of one of the first difference value and the second difference value from the user; and

displaying a time-series difference image showing a time-series change in the selected difference value,

wherein the image processing program further makes the computer execute;

displaying a timeline image corresponding to the timeline and in time series; and

displaying, when an input selecting an arbitrary position on the timeline image is received, an image on the timeline corresponding to the selected position, and

wherein, in the display of the time-series difference image, the time-series difference image is displayed so as to correspond to the timeline image and in time series.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program according to claim 1,

wherein the image processing program further makes the computer execute receiving designation of a color from a user, and

a range over which images containing a pixel of the designated color exist on the timeline is shown on the timeline image.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program according to claim 1,

wherein the time-series difference image is represented by a graph.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program according to claim 1,

wherein the image processing program further makes the computer execute receiving designation, from a user, of an area on which to perform the image processing in an image, and

the difference value in the area of the designated image is derived.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program according to claim 1,

wherein if images included in the image group are provided by color images, the difference value is derived without focusing on a specific color.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program according to claim 1,

wherein if images included in the image group are provided by color images, the difference value is derived by focusing on a specific color.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program according to claim 1,

wherein if images included in the image group are provided by color images, the image processing program further makes the computer execute receiving selection, from a user, of a specific color to be focused on in order to derive the difference value, and

the difference value is derived by focusing on the selected specific color.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium storing an image processing program according to claim 1,

wherein if images included in the image group are provided by color images, the image processing program further makes the computer execute receiving selection, from a user, of whether to focus on a specific color in order to derive the difference value, and

if selection indicating not to focus on a specific color in order to derive the difference value is received, the difference value is derived without focusing on a specific color, and if selection indicating to focus on a specific color in order to derive the difference value is received, the difference value is derived by focusing on a specific color that is designated by the user in the received selection.

9. An image processing apparatus for performing image processing on an image group on one timeline, comprising:

a control unit embodied in hardware including an image processor that;

derives a difference value based on a difference between pixel values of images that are adjacent in time series in the image group, the difference value indicating a degree of change between the images that are adjacent in the time series, wherein the difference value is selectable by a user from a first difference value and a second difference value, the first difference value indicative of a largest difference between the pixel values of a plurality of corresponding positions in the adjacent images and the second difference value indicative of an average value obtained by deriving the difference between the pixel values of the plurality of corresponding positions in the adjacent images and averaging the differences of all the positions;

receives a selection of one of the first difference value and the second difference value from the user; and

generates a time-series difference image showing a time-series change in the selected difference value; and

a display that;

displays the time-series difference image,

displays a timeline image corresponding to the timeline and in time series; and

displays, when an input selecting an arbitrary position on the timeline image is received, an image on the timeline corresponding to the selected position,

wherein, in the display of the time-series difference image, the time-series difference image is displayed so as to correspond to the timeline image and in time series.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the control unit further receives a designation of a color from a user, and

wherein a range over which images containing a pixel of the designated color exist on the timeline is shown on the timeline image.